Services set for detective shot in 2001

November 06, 2008

CHICAGO — Joseph Airhart Jr., a Chicago police detective who was shot seven years ago while trying to arrest a bank robbery suspect, died Tuesday of bronchopneumonia and the previous gunshot wound in the head, the Cook County medical examiner's office said. His death was ruled a homicide.

A wake is planned for 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. Services will be held at 11 a.m Monday in the chapel.